Scientists make free-running magnetic waves lock onto external signals
Signals need something to carry them—radio waves carry wireless data, light carries information through optical fibers, and sound…
Iranian researchers open new path to studying particles containing top quarks
Iranian researchers at the University of Tehran have opened a new theoretical path for studying a largely unexplored…
Scientists Steer Infrared Light Through an “Invisible” Waveguide
Artist’s illustration of plasmon canalization in MoOCl₂, showing light propagating along a narrow channel. The image depicts the…
ETH Zurich researchers detect a possible fifth force of nature
Precision measurements of calcium atoms revealed an unexpected pattern that cannot be explained by the simplest atomic physics…
Ferroelectricity Emerges at the Nanoscale
Key Takeaways Researchers discovered that an ultrathin version of titanium oxide displays spontaneous electrical alignment known as ferroelectricity.…
The Sun releases energy by fusing hydrogen in its core, but that energy does not travel outward in a straight line — one estimate puts its diffusion through the radiative zone at around 170,000 years
Here is a picture most of us carry: the Sun burns, light shoots off the top of it,…
Physicist Jim Choyke, at 100, still works at Pitt: ‘I like doing physics. Why should I retire?’
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What does a black hole sound like? A Villanova scientist’s answer was turned into music.
Listen to article • 0:00 min Villanova astrophysicist Becka Phillipson wondered what a black hole might sound like. She…
World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine could help unlock massive quantum computers
A newly developed superconducting quantum heat engine could deepen our understanding of thermodynamics while helping advance technologies needed…
Scientists detect a nuclear reactor’s ghostly afterglow for the first time
Even after a nuclear reactor is switched off, activity continues deep inside its core. Long-lived radioactive fission products…
Quantum Australia Reports $83.1M Economic Impact and Growth of 15 Quantum Companies
Insider Brief Quantum Australia reported that its national programs generated $83.1 million in estimated economic value over five…
Quote of the day by Richard Feynman: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
Image: Princetoniana Museum Two people can read the same explanation of something and walk away with completely different…